<p>Columbia’s prestige and number of billionaires really comes from its graduate schools. It’s great to be associated with a university that produces significant bodies of research and produces rich alumni, but that doesn’t guarantee a good undergraduate experience (Harvard cough cough). It’s to be seen how Columbia is focusing its attention on the undergraduate experience and creating a cohesive Columbia community, something quite difficult in NYC. The limiting reagent for a campus tends to be space so the move to shift graduate schools up north is a good move for undergraduates. Hopefully, they’ll have the prescience to save some space for an actual student center. Hartley and Lerner are shameful.</p>